BA, Harvard; PhD, University of Michigan. Leading expert on how we can find motivation and meaning, and live more generous and creative lives. Author of three New York Times bestselling books that have sold over a million copies and been translated into 35 languages: “Give and Take”, “Originals”, and “Option B” with Sheryl Sandberg. Contributing writer on work and psychology for the New York Times. TED talks have been viewed over 16 million times. Host of TED podcast WorkLife, which has spent two weeks as #1 on the Apple charts. Keynote speaking and consulting clients include Google, the Gates Foundation, the NBA, Goldman Sachs, and the US Army and Navy. Recognized as one of the world's 10 most influential management thinkers and Fortune's 40 under 40. Wharton’s top-rated professor for seven straight years; has over 3 million followers on social media. Former junior Olympic springboard diver.
Nearly a decade ago, I read a story in Fortune about Silicon Valley’s best kept secret. It wasn’t a piece of hardware or a bit of software. It wasn’t even a product. It was a man. His nam...
Debido a haber crecido en Nueva Zelanda, donde hay veinte ovejas por cada persona, Sarah Robb O'Hagan decidió que quería ser veterinaria. Cuando sus malas notas en ciencia destruyeron ese...
I thought I was done with homework when I finished grad school. But I wanted to be prepared for my commencement speech. So I did what any self-respecting social scientist would do. I star...
Growing up in New Zealand, where there are twenty times as many sheep as people, Sarah Robb O’Hagan wanted to be a veterinarian. When poor grades in science crushed that dream, she decide...
I was the nice guy who finished last. It was my first week selling advertisements, and although my clients had a 95% renewal rate I failed to bring in any revenue. Then a client insisted ...
I have two rules for a great book: make me think and make me smile. I spent part of the summer reading advance copies of the fall’s top nonfiction releases, and here are eight that sail o...
Two years ago, a young woman named Michele Hansen spotted a job opening that piqued her interest. She wasn’t qualified—the posting was for a product manager at an investment company, and ...
When we think about where esteemed leaders earned their undergraduate educations, our minds naturally turn to the hallowed halls of Harvard and Yale. But there’s another training ground t...
Over the past few decades, psychologists have given a revealing survey to more than 23,000 people at work. Here are some of the items—you can answer them true or false:
How do you give feedback to a CEO who’s twice your age? I was 25, a new professor called in as a last-ditch, Hail Mary effort to save a dying company. They had already fired three consult...
Sometime this year, you pitched a new idea to someone. If you’re an entrepreneur, you probably tried to convince an investor to fund your startup. If you’re an employee, you might have as...
If you do the math, becoming an entrepreneur is insane. The odds of success are tiny; failure is almost guaranteed. To make the leap, you have to be fearless.
